40 things you should actually give up for lent

1. Your "good side" for every picture you take
2. The 6 cans of diet coke you consume a day
3. Spending 4 hours a day at work on Pinterest (guilty)
4. Binge drinking cheap alcohol every weekend 
5. Texting and driving 
6. Screenshots
7. Stalking your ex boyfriend on social media.... He's not any less of a loser, I promise. 
8. Toxic relationships in your life... cut that crap out
9. #MCM your boyfriend every week... Monday's are bad enough as it is. We get it.
10. Similarly... #WCW your lesbian celeb crush every week. you're beautiful the way you are, girl.
11. Hashtags in general
12. Straightening your hair every day
13. Chipotle.. but that would be so hard
14. Live Tweeting during The Bachelor... your followers will thank you
15. The word bae 
16. Taking selfies
17. Avoiding eye contact
18. Trying to 'Keep Up With The Jones''. Focus on yourself.
19. Netflix (horrifying thought)
20. Calling your friends "squad", "squaaaaa", or anything even remotely similar
21. Talking badly of others. Contrary to popular belief, this will not make you feel better about yourself
22. Online shopping... I can't even
23. The phrase "I can't even"
24. Buzzfeed Quizzes
25. Saying "my diet starts tomorrow". Start now or forever hold your peace. 
26. Rolling your eyes
27. Not calling your parents every day
28. "the skinny arm"
29. 100+ second Snapchat stories
30. Checking your phone when you're out to eat
31. Instagramming your every meal (please refer to #30)
32. Excessively salting your food
33. Being too stubborn to apologize first
34. Emoji's.... just to see what it's like
35. Treating "EliteDaily" as a self help psychiatrist
36. Eating out more than once a week... maybe you could actually try one of the thousand recipe's you've pinned 
37. Flipping people off when you're driving
38. Taking out your hangryness on others
39. Texting instead of calling
40. Eating when you're bored

I saw this quote posted on Instagram by one of the contestants on The Bachelor (guilty of stalking all top contestants) and it immediately stuck with me.

I don't know if I'm alone in thinking this but ever since I've entered the "real world" I've found that I've been comparing myself to other people I know. Who has the better job. Who's been having more fun post grad. Who's been traveling to cooler places. Who got the promotion. 

Thinking like this can drive you insane. Her success is not your failure. If you're constantly comparing yourself to others you will miss out on your personal strengths. 

Keep this in mind next time you hear of a friend accepting a new position in LA, or your other friend who was able to buy herself a brand new car. Congratulate them on their accomplishments while focusing on yours as well.

Food for thought.

Always,

Allie

So I've created a blog. Now what? I'm not really sure what sparked my sudden desire of wanting to start a blog. It might be my quarter life, post college crisis/depression. It might be the mere boredom of sitting in my cubicle every day for 8 hours (a girl can only be on Pinterest for so long). It might even be that I've found my new calling to be a professional blogger... LOL jk, I won't get too carried away. But seriously, I used to write for The Odyssey (Greek newspaper at school) and I miss that also so ~voila.


Either way, this is my blog.
Enjoy. Or don't :)

Always,
Allie